The ‘Nifty
Fifty’ are a group of noted professionals who will fan out across the
Washington, DC area to speak about their work and careers at
various middle and high schools. SDB member Marnie Halpern is from the
Department of Embryology of the Carnegie Institute for Science (www.ciwemb.edu)
in Baltimore and she studies neural development in zebrafish. She has
spearheaded the program “Women Serious About Science” with a public school
in Baltimore to introduce young girls, particularly underrepresented
minorities, to science.